Re: How do a user-defined function that returns a table executes a query?

On Wed, 2023-02-08 at 08:49 +0900, Katsuya Okizaki wrote:
> In a normal SQL, we can use the EXPLAIN command to view the execution plan.
> However, in this case, I am not sure how a user-defined function work.
>
> If anyone has faced a similar situation and found a way to view the execution plan,
> I would greatly appreciate your insights and suggestions.

I am not sure which of the following you want:

1. Get the execution plan of SQL statements run inside a function:

For that, you would use "auto_explain" with "auto_explain.log_nested_statements = on".

2. Get a trace of the execution of the function code itself:

For PL/pgSQL, there is "pldebugger" (https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/pldebugger),
which can be used together with pgAdmin.

I usually sprinkle the code with RAISE NOTICE statements.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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